Curtain pole and fixture.



J. H. HOBSON & W. F. LAOKNER.

CURTAIN POLE AND FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1-3,

Patented July 22, 1913 I INVENTORS John Hjlobson M ,p W7? LacKnen (V 7 ATTQHNEY.

JOHN H. HOBSON AND WILLIAM-IF. LACKNER, F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN POLE AND FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22,1913.

Application filed February 19, 1913. Serial No. 749,407.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. HOBSON and 'Iuaxv F. MLACKNER, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Poles and Fixtures. of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

1 frame This invention relates to a curtainpole and fixture, and the primary object of our invention is to provide a device that can be .easily and quickly clamped upon a window for supporting anend of a curtain shade roller an curtain pole.

- Another object vide a fixture that obviates the necessity of using nails, screws or similar fastening means for securing brackets to a window poses for which they are lVith the above and other objects in view tion,

frame, thereby preventing a window frame from being marred or injured.

A- further objectof this invention 15 to provide a window fixture that has positive and reliable means, as hereinafter set forth, for clamping the fixture upon the frame whereby brackets carried by the fixture will safely support the end of a curtain shade roller and a curtain pole.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a fixture of the above type that consists of comparatively few parts inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble, durable, and highly eflicient for the purintended.

the invention resides in the novel construccombination and arrangement of parts to be-hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

l l l l pole partly broken away and partly in sec- Reference will now whereing- Figure l is a front elevation of a fixture in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3-is a side elevation of\the fixture, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the same, Fig. 5 is a longitudinal 'ectional view of the fixture, Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectipnal view of a pole bracket, Fig. 7 is a front elevation of a portion of a tion,'and Fig. 8 is an c3p.- k

A fixture in accordance with this invention comprises a face plate 1 having a top wall 2 and a side w ll, 3, said walls having end view of a pole wardly to f this invention is to' pro-- -1nner or rear side of outwardly into a plane with be had to the drawing,-

integral flanges 4 and 5 that are in a. vertical planein parallelism with the face plate 1.

The top wall 2 is provided with V-shaped slits 6 and the slitted material is bent downprovide prongs 7. The flange 4 above the prongs 7 isprovided'with offset portions 8 which permit of the flange being struck with a hammer or 'other'instrument to drive the prongs 7 into or behind the upper edge of a window frame. Theoffset portions 8 preventthe flange 4 from being crushed by a hammer blow, besides facilitating placing the fixture in position.

Cooperating with. the prongs-7 is a pivoted L-shaped clamping arm 9 that is pivotally connected, as at 10 to a lever 11. The lever 11 is pivotally connected to'the face plate 1, as at 12 and is arranged at the said face plate. The lever 11 is limited and guided in its movement by a strap 13, which is formed by pro-- viding the face plate 1, adjacent to theinner edge thereof, with parallel slits and bending the slitted material rearwardly. The lever 11 is bent to extend through a segment-shaped slot 14 adjacent to the pivot thereof and said lever has a handle 15 adapt- -ed to engage teeth 16 forming part of the wall 3. The face plate 1 is cut away,as at 17, a portion of the cut away material bent the wall 3 and then toothed whereby the handle 15 of the lever can be locked in engagement with the wall 3 to hold the clamping arm 9 against the inner edge of a window frame. The clamping arm,- the prongs 7 and.the lever for adjusting the arm 9 constitute means for locking the fixture upon a window frame or other support.

e flange 5 is slitted, as at 18 and the slitted material bent forwardly to provide straps 19. Arranged in straps 19 are the angle ends 20 of an angle curtain pole bracket 21. Slidably mounted upon the angle bracket 21 is a flat curtain pole support 22 that has the inner end thereof bent upwardly, as at 23 and slidably connected to the bracket 21 by a link 24. The support 29., adjacent to said link has a raised or offset portion 25 and adapted to engage this raised portion is a locking member in the form of a band 26 that can be shifted onto the raised portion 25 to bind the support 22 against the bracket 2;, fwhereby said support cannot accidentally S 1 v held upon thqgmtqssn guide arms 30,- said iarms Qan be-rclosed to-reta .pole within. the 'holde'ri'a be held'a desired-"diam 1" 15.

s an opening 5'28 'th support bent to 27 l hfitw is subtablet-through said s de of. theholder p n sangle d 2 9"that "is sliclably 1s a "curve .-clos' tri the inner end. off thf' 'pt -T-he strip 29 iid' the support- 22 can be' adj ustedfiwherebya curtain pole will nceifroinlthe fixture.

- :The lowerfedji ojfgthe faceplate 1 has a longitudinalfgui ribgfili'andalongitudinal parallelisnhmith'said rib.

' At the: ends. Eiif the slot :32 are longitudiis V-shaped .i'n

connection W -tionsi'titl and'41 .ckaps c'an be ornamentedwhe'reby; the pole grooves cotudinaltr bcarried by the inner side 0 operatingwith saidslqtimreceivmg a longi- Y longitudinallyslotted-{angle.bracket 35 em 'ployed for tsupportmg the; tain shade roller. The brac 25 pintle of a-curet 35-has open-- ings .for bosses 36 to receive-the pintle and sald bracket is. adjustably held. n engagement with-the facg plate 1 b abolt 37 and a winged thumb -nu't '38. "T e bolt.extends through the Uslot'ji32- the-'- '-slot- .of the bracket 35, thereb ffgreiinittingbfi the bracket being adjustedt'whebe iir hade rollers of variou'skl present a neat and attractive appearance mconnectiomwith draperies and portieres. g Y

' From the forego' be observed that we have do, a fgeek-plate having novel means whereby it can be quickly Thief-outer I end v .of .the holder by" forming part ofa end-bf a curtain.

clamped upon a window framaand novel adjustable brackets for supporting curtains relatively to said face plate. .-The fixture in :its entirety can-be finished to harmonize with thesupport to which it is connected, and

while in the drawingthere is illustrated a.

preferredembodiment'of our invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as.fall within the scope ofthe appended claims. I

- What we claim is 1. A curtain fixture comprising a face plate, havin a top walland a sidewall pro-' vided with integral flanges prongs carried by the top vwall 'ofsaid fade plate, a'-lever carried by said faceplate,- a-iclainping arm pivotally connected to said lever and adapted to cooperate with said prongs in clamp said faceplate upon a. support, and brackets carried by said face plat K '2. In a fixture of the-type de@ribed, ja

from the upper.

face plate prongs sup orte edge thereof, a lever pivotallymounted 'u' on the rear side oflsaid face ate and having one end thereof-extending ough said face plate, a clamping armcarried by said lever and ada to cooperate %'with said-prongs in'securing said fixture to a support,v a

justable brackets supported from said face.

plate, and means carried bysaidfaoe late for locking 'said lever in 'an' adj sition. 4 v 3. A fixture of the type described-com prising a faceplate, prongs supportjedfrom the upper edge thereof, a lever pivotallysupported by said coiiperate with said prongs fixture to .a support, a a curtain shade roller bracket adj u'stably mounted upon said face plate.

In testimony whereof we tlires in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHNH. Henson." Witnesses: a

Max H. Snonovrrz, KATnmRmnERnn'rr.

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face plate a clamping; arm carried by said lever andadapted'to in securing said 

